According to the market law of electronic products, before the new product is listed, the merchant will reduce the price to clean up the inventory, reduce the inventory pressure and exchange cash flow. However, in the past two years, the price of graphics cards has risen at the first time, and the price of old cards has not fallen but has risen.
However, as the market releases the opposite signal, graphics card prices are expected to return to normal.
A few days ago, the price of graphics cards in domestic and foreign markets fell sharply. The price of Nvidia's high-end graphics card GeForce RTX 3080 fell by 35% in one day in the Australian market, and the price dropped from 2299 Australian dollars (about 10,000 yuan) to 1499 Australian dollars (about 7,000 yuan), the largest decline in history, and the price of other specification graphics cards also fell by 10% in recent times.
The German geforce RTX 3090 has also dropped from a previous high of nearly 22,000 yuan to a recent 14,000 yuan, while the price of some RTX 3080Ti graphics cards has even seen a "break" below the official price.
The New Consumption Daily reporter learned through a visit to merchants in Hangzhou Bainaohui that although the graphics card is squeezing out the price bubble, the current domestic "mining" high-end graphics card price has fallen the most. Taking the GeForce RTX3090 graphics card as an example, the merchant told reporters that it was once close to 20,000 yuan, and now it only needs 13,000 yuan offline.
At the same time, the reporter also found that the current mainstream e-commerce platform and second-hand trading platform graphics card prices have declined.
Obviously, the trend of soaring graphics card prices after several years is expected to be ended.
Whether at home and abroad, new or second-hand graphics card prices are difficult to "demonize"
"Now the high-end graphics cards for mining have fallen the hardest." On March 25, the new consumption daily reporter rushed to Hangzhou Bainaohui, and learned in exchanges with merchants that the geForce RTX3090, the top graphics card of the former "mining", was once close to 20,000 yuan, and now it only needs 13,000 yuan.
"In June last year, the lowest price of the GeForce RTX3090 was still 16,000 yuan, and this year the price has been falling again." Merchants told reporters.
Not only the offline computer accessories stalls, but also the price of graphics cards on online e-commerce platforms and second-hand trading platforms has declined.
Take a certain 3080 series graphics card of an e-commerce platform as an example, the product has been maintained at a price of about 8,000 yuan; even the price of double eleven has not bottomed out, and it has only recently reached a record low of about 6800 yuan.
The historical price trend chart of the graphics card queried on a price comparison shopping website the reporter found on the second-hand trading platform Idle Fish that as early as January this year, there were a large number of sellers who sold mining graphics cards.
Taking the AMD RX580 and RX5700xt graphics cards commonly used in mining on idle fish as an example, last year's second-hand price was about 3000 yuan and 6000 yuan, which fell all the way to March this year, until the former fell to 1000 yuan, and the latter fell to about 3200 yuan.
Xiao Zhang showed the transaction record to reporters "My RX580 was also received on the platform for 650 yuan, which was to match this eGPU for macBook Pro," Xiao Zhang told reporters, less than a year, he found that the graphics card on the platform rose very strongly, he conveniently sold the graphics card and eGPU package, "The price of the graphics card basically made up for the depreciation of the eGPU, and these two transactions were not earned or lost. ”
The reporter also put a 5700xt graphics card on the idle fish. As soon as the second-hand graphics card was on the shelves, there were many buyers who came to inquire. Most of them are individual players who want to take advantage of this graphics card price reduction and quickly "pick up a leak".
"I've always been using the core graphics card, just waiting for the graphics card to reduce the price," a buyer said in an exchange with reporters, the price of the previous graphics card is too irrational, RX580 can sell to 3000, "in addition to the mine owner, who will buy it?" ”
Among the buyers who inquired from the reporter, there were also many "mine bosses" in the mouth of the aforementioned buyers - he did not care much about the color and provenance of the second-hand graphics card, and was more concerned about the computing power of the graphics card. He said: "I have received 5 graphics cards, and now there are 3 left, I will mine." ”
However, a stall owner said that it is not recommended to start with second-hand graphics cards at this stage. He believes that the second-hand market has now poured into a large number of graphics cards, many of which can neither be after-sales nor repaired. "It's not expensive to buy a new one now."
New architecture graphics card is about to be sold Mining machines are also coming to "scramble" for mining projects
In 2020, while the price of multiple digital currencies continued to soar, the price of graphics cards also reached new highs.
There are two reasons for this: on the one hand, the supply chain factories cannot resume work and production in time under the epidemic, resulting in insufficient supply; on the other hand, the "mining tide" caused by virtual currency has also promoted the price of graphics cards to a high level. Coupled with the "mining" big guy's centralized procurement of graphics cards, the phenomenon of "one card is difficult to find" eventually appeared.
However, due to the decline in virtual currency prices, and the regulatory authorities of various countries have begun to standardize the governance of virtual currency mining projects. The industry is gradually returning to rationality, and the demand for graphics cards for mining has naturally continued to decline.
In addition, the decline in the price of graphics cards during this period is also inseparable from two factors.
On the one hand, Nvidia is about to release a new generation of RTX40 series graphics cards in the third quarter of this year. It is reported that the series will use the AdaLovelace graphic architecture, based on TSMC's 5nm process to create, performance soaring.
Another potential reason is that domestic companies have developed dedicated mining machines.
Take mining machine manufacturer Canaan Yunzhi as an example, referring to its fourth quarter 2021 financial report released last month. The financial report showed total revenue of 2,184.6 million yuan (US$342.8 million) for the quarter, compared with 38.2 million yuan in the same period of 2020, an increase of 5636% year-on-year.
"These machines are all designed for mining asic chips," an industry insider told reporters, "the mining machine as a whole is designed by some 'Huaqiang North' factories themselves, and most of them are also produced by themselves." ”
According to 3DCenter statistics in January this year, in terms of graphics card prices in the German and Austrian markets, the average price of both NVIDIA and AMD is continuing to decline, and the average premium range has dropped from 187% and 183% in mid-December last year to 177% and 167% respectively. Compared with 318% and 216% at its peak in May last year, NVIDIA has fallen by an average of 44% and AMD has fallen by an average of 23%.
It is worth noting that the minimum premiums of NVIDIA and AMD fell to 155% and 148% respectively from July to August last year, but they have continued to recover since then.
Whatever the reason behind the drop in graphics card prices, it's good news for the average consumer. However, at this stage, it is difficult to assert whether the graphics card price bubble will completely burst.
(New Consumption Daily)